Are personality and behavioral measures of impulse control convergent or distinct predictors of health behaviors?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 806-814

  Edmonds, Grant W ^a   Bogg, Tim ^b   Roberts, Brent W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Delay discounting; Executive functioning; Facets; Go no go task; Impulse control; Impulsivity; Laboratory measures; Peer reports; Self report measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349101619     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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